The Crystal Palace was the brainchild of Prince Albert and was designed to showcase Britain’s industrial achievements in a great exhibition to be held in London’s Hyde Park. This great exhibition was to be international including France, the United States, Russia, Egypt and Turkey. The exhibits were divided into four categories raw material, machinery, manufacturers and the fine arts.
The palace was designed by Sir Joseph Paxton and was a massive complex constructed mainly of glass and iron. Amazingly enough after the exhibition closed in October 1851, it was completely torn down and moved to the Penge Place estate in Sydenham to essentially become England’s first theme park!
The rebuilt
structure was over 1800 feet long and 408 feet wide. It had many interior
fountains as well as lavishly landscaped inside and out. Picture a truly
massive conservatory.
The Crystal Palace
became an extraordinarily successful venue hosting events that ranged from
educational, musical, scientific displays, as well as cricket matches. Each of
our time capsule blogs will highlight an event or an invention featured at the
Crystal Palace during the Victorian era.
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